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The Halo series Xbox Entertainment Studios has been working on could end up on Showtime, it has been tipped. According to sources, the Microsoft division is "deep in negotiations" that have been long and drawn out due to the unique nature of what Xbox has planned.

Further evidence that the LEGO universe is one that exists alongside our own as well as many others exists in the newest Simpsons TV show trailer. What better place than on the longest running television show in history to depict secrets of the LEGO reality. It’s not just about LEGO and humans, anymore.

According to "people familiar with the situation" that spoke to The Wall Street Journal, AT&T has talked to DirecTV about acquiring the company. Says one of these sources, this deal has followed the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger, and DirecTV is reportedly receptive to the idea.

Not to be outdone by the growing proliferation of original series TV shows, Yahoo plans to launch its own television-length comedy series (two of them, to be precise), which will be made available to viewers on the company's mobile apps and websites.

In what will be an industry first, Netflix will be scoring its own cable channel next week, though not in the sense that first comes to mind. Starting Monday, the service will be included on a cable channel through three cable companies, as well as inclusion on the companies' set-top-boxes.

The Simpsons are coming up on their 550th anniversary show, preparing to ring in the occasion with no less than a fully LEGO delivery. This episode has been teased several times by the network and the LEGO brand - today we’re getting a glimpse of the first TV spot. A trailer, that is to say.

If you're ever gazed at your television's bezels and thought they'd look better in pink or pearl, Sceptre's new 32-inch Color Series TV will fit the bill. The new model brings a 32-inch LED display surrounded by either pink, purple, pearl white, or decidedly ordinary black, depending on preference.

Cable-cutting -- the act of cancelling your cable or satellite subscription to join the ranks of occasionally holier-than-thou set-top-boxers -- is a slowly growing change to how many get their daily entertainment fix. Benefits abound for cutting the cable, and you've likely heard the tropes by now: lower cost, better access to content in the moment, and the reality that cable-cutting better fits with many viewers' schedules (if you're time-shifting all your shows around your work schedule, there's little point in keeping a traditional cable subscription, after all).

If The LEGO Movie (check out our review) gave you a craving for LEGO-themed entertainment, TV's longest-running animated series is about to satisfy it: The Simpsons will soon air an episode that takes place in a different dimension where everyone and thing are made of LEGOs.

Sony has announced the pricing and availability of its latest BRAVIA 4K Ultra HD televisions, with nine models going up for presale (they hit shelves in June). Info for the XBR-X950B and XBR-X900B series models have been announced, with a small tidbit tossed in that an entry-level XBR-X850B series will be arriving some time this year.